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17     I will shame them with unsightly scabs on their heads,
        these daughters who should be the pride of Zion, God’s precious place.
    I will make them feel naked
        when I uncover their foreheads and make them bald.

Under God’s judgment they will lose all the things they have that make others notice, desire, or envy them.

18-23 When the time comes, the Lord will simply take away the jewelry for their ankles, heads, noses, arms, ears, wrists, and fingers; these chains and gems, baubles and bangles, sashes and veils, perfume bottles and lucky charms, festive clothes and undergarments, purses and mirrors—everything that consumed their attention to get attention.

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17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
    the Lord will make their scalps bald.(A)

18 In that day(B) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,(C) 19 the earrings and bracelets(D) and veils,(E)

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